In October of 2007 I was commissioned by the Reginald F. Lewis Museum to both create a 6ft by 7ft quilt piece for the museum’s permanent collection and display a series of photographs.

The concept for the quilt came intuitively, as I had been working closely with fibers at this time and was also very inspired by the quilts of Gee’s Bend. This experience became quite meaningful, as the entire quilt is hand sewn by myself and my grandmother, in less than two days. We stayed up all night and worked diligently to complete this piece.

The imagery on the quilt are images I created, most were photographed specifically for this quilt and inspired by a merging of dreams and reality.